Hard is this stuff, anyway?

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I've been attempting to sharpen the Klotzli that I purchase from another member a few months ago. Apperantly, a little bit of profiling is in order. I'm using a Spyderco 204 sharpener, and blade steel is ATS-34. My God, how long is this going to take to raise the burr?
I think I overheard that I'm a grandfather now. When I started this sharpening detail, I think my son was 14. I hope someone remembered to feed the dog.......
 
If it's a big reprofiling job it will take literally forever on the sharpmaker. You might want to attach sandpaper to the rods to make it go faster. I believe there were some threads on this.
 
farmboy said:
I've been attempting to sharpen the Klotzli that I purchase from another member a few months ago. Apperantly, a little bit of profiling is in order. I'm using a Spyderco 204 sharpener, and blade steel is ATS-34. My God, how long is this going to take to raise the burr?
I think I overheard that I'm a grandfather now. When I started this sharpening detail, I think my son was 14. I hope someone remembered to feed the dog.......
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James is right. Sandpaper or if you have money buy the Diamond rods for reprofiling on the 204. The 204 is more of a "touch-up" sharpener that keeps knives shaving sharp if you do it once every two weeks.
-Kevin
 
Here's a cheap, simple way if you have a bench vise. Get yourself a dowel around ¾ or 1 inch in diameter. Cut a section about 10 inches long. Get some spray adhesive (I use Elmer's brand from the local discount megastore). Get some coarse grit sandpaper, around 80-100 grit, preferably aluminum oxide (it lasts longer than garnet). Cut a strip of sandpaper that will wrap partway or all the way around the dowel (circumference of a circle = ~3.14 times diameter). Mount the sandpaper on the dowel with the spray mount and mount the dowel in a vise at the angle you want, using a protractor. Since you have a 204, you will use that for the finish sharpening so pick an angle equal to or somewhat less than the finished angle you will apply with the 204. If you're going to use the standard Sharpmaker 40° (included) as your finished edge, pick an angle from 17-20°. Now you have half of a V-stick setup. It will reprofile one side of the blade, fairly quickly. You are done on that side when you can visually confirm that the scratch marks go all the way to the edge, with a 10X magnifier for example, or you can detect a burr on the opposite side. Tilt the dowel the other way at the same angle from vertical and reprofile the other side. Now go to your 204.
 
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